Making the world a better less annoying place one wish at a time. I wish I could think hope laugh dream and indeed write like Richard Glover. And I wish every Australian could read this book. A soaring tribute to the power of wishful thinking Trent Dalton Glover asks lifes big questions and helps us celebrate the simple joys - bin night tax receipts that dont fade and the secret thrill of high-pressure hosing Lisa Millar co-host ABC-TVs News Breakfast Charming funny and sincere this is yet another winning book from the only Boomer worth listening to. A triumph! Tom Ballard comedian He is right about leaf blowers for example but quite wrong about breakfast in bed ... Richards view of the world will frequently have you punching the air and shouting Yes! Jean Kittson performer writer and comedian If life is better when we laugh then this book is the balm Jacinta Parsons broadcaster writer and co-host of ABC Melbournes Friday Revue There is an eternal hopefulness in all this man does. I only wish more of his wishes were granted Tommy Dean comedian and regular on ABC 702s Thank God Its Friday Do you hate noisy restaurants pre-ripped jeans and pedestrians who walk five abreast? Do you also have a problem with plastic-wrapped fruit climate-change deniers and take-away sandwiches priced at $14.95? And most of all do you think the world would be a better place if people got back their sense of humour? Heres proof you are not alone. Heartfelt and hilarious serious but sly Best Wishes is the encyclopedia of can do better. Its a plea for a better world - one wish at a time.